CONCERT PHOTOS
103RD SEASON BONUS CONCERT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016
11:00 A.M.
FEATURING CINCINNATI OPERA ARTISTS
Nicole Haslett, soprano
Hadleigh Adams, baritone
Carol Walker, piano
GREENACRES ARTS CENTER
8400 Blome Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Matinée Musicale Club members, friends and subscribers met on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at the Greenacres Arts Center for a delightful concert and luncheon. Club member Donald Hurd played the organ while people entered and socialized in the lobby. Nancy Walker, Matinée Musicale President, welcomed everyone and introduced Mark Ernster, COO of Greenacres Arts Center, and Evans Mirageas, Director of Cincinnati Opera. Then, guest artists from the Cincinnati Opera Nicole Haslett, soprano, and Hadleigh Adams, baritone, accompanied by pianist Carol Walker, presented a short program of operatic arias.
Following the concert, everyone enjoyed a delicious luncheon, courtesy of Matinée Musicale. This was our closing event for a spectacular 103rd season!
Photography by Gayna Bassin.
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People arriving at the Greenacres Arts Center registered and received literature about our upcoming season.
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Nancy Martin, Russell Hinkle, Noriko Matsui, and Laurel Hinkle.
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Donald Hurd played the organ while people were entering.
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Donald Hurd at the organ.
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Nancy Walker, Matinée Musicale President, welcomed everyone.
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Nancy talked about Matinée Musicale’s upcoming season.
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The audience.
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Nancy talked about Matinée Musicale’s upcoming 104th season and held up the new poster.
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Mark Ernster, COO of Greenacres Arts Center, spoke about some of the programs offered at the Center.
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Mark Ernster, COO of Greenacres Arts Center.
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Evans Mirageas, Director of the Cincinnati Opera, spoke about the new summer season of the Opera at the Aronoff Arts Center.
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Evans Mirageas, Director of the Cincinnati Opera, introduced the guest singers for today’s concert, who have starring roles in “Die Fledermaus”, opening next week.
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Hadleigh Adams, baritone, opened the program singing “Votre toast” from Bizet’s Carmen.
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Nicole Haslett, soprano, sang “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio” from Verdi’s Falstaff.
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Nicole Haslett, soprano.
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Nicole Haslett, soprano.
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Nicole Haslett and Hadleigh Adams also sang duets from “One Hand, One Heart,” from Bernstein’s West Side Story, “Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr., and the “Papageno/Papagena” duet from Mozart’s Die Zauberflote.
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Hadleigh Adams also sang “Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen” from “The Dead City” by Korngold.
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Carol Walker, piano, Nicole Haslett, soprano, and Hadleigh Adams, baritone, take bows at the conclusion of the concert.
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Evans Mirageas, Director of the Cincinnati Opera, and Nancy Walker, President of Matinee Musicale, invited everyone to come downstairs for the luncheon.
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Hadleigh Adams and Carol Walker at the luncheon.
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The performers, Carol Walker, NIcole Haslett and Hadleigh Adams.
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Carol Walker, NIcole Haslett and Hadleigh Adams.
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Barbara Goosman and Atarah Jablonsky.
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Gayna Bassin, Grace and Anthony Degregorio, Kaitlyn Miller and Barbara Goosman.